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Five Tips for a New Public Company Director
Everything Compliance: Shout Outs and Rants: Episode 156
Daily Compliance News: June 17, 2025, The JBS Goes Public Edition
Everything Compliance: Episode 155, To Tesla and Beyond Edition
Everything Compliance: Shout Outs and Rants - Episode 155
Compliance into the Weeds: Of Wal-Mart, Tariffs and Stakeholder Capitalism
Daily Compliance News: May 15, 2025, The Downfall in Davos Edition
Daily Compliance News: March 28, 2025, The Cave or Go To Trial Edition
FCPA Compliance Report: Celebrating the 2025 World’s Most Ethical Companies: Highlights with Erica Salmon Byrne
The SEC's Reach Beyond Publicly Traded Companies
PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Raising Capital 101: A Securities Podcast - What is a Public Offering?
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“Monsters, Inc.” y el buen gobierno corporativo
Meeting the Proposed SEC Climate Disclosure Requirements
The Justice Insiders Podcast - Human Beings: Cybersecurity's Most Fragile Attack Surface
JONES DAY TALKS®: Court Grants Stay on SEC’s Climate Disclosure Rule, but Companies Should Continue Preparations
Equity Award Delegations for Publicly Traded Companies — The Consumer Finance Podcast
SEC’s New Cyber Rules for Publicly Traded Companies — The Consumer Finance Podcast
PLI's inSecurities Podcast - Commissioner Uyeda on “the Perils of Regulation by Theory and Hypothesis”
On August 19, the IRS released Notice 2025-45 (the “Notice”), announcing its plan to reduce barriers to certain redomiciliations. In particular, the IRS reduced barriers to redomiciliations by foreign publicly traded...more
In a spinoff, a public company separates one or more of its businesses into a new, publicly traded company. For the public company that initiates it, a spinoff can achieve a number of critical business and financial...more
Companies are increasingly allowing their chief executive officers and, in certain circumstances, other executives to use corporate jets (which may be chartered flights or fractionally or fully owned aircraft) for personal...more
This is the third part of a series covering certain securities law, corporate governance, and tax considerations related to stock options and restricted stock unit (RSU) awards granted by public companies....more
A common structure for equity REITs, the UPREIT model allows a REIT to hold and operate its assets through a single operating partnership. This structure provides tax advantages and liquidity opportunities for property...more
Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code prohibits a publicly held corporation from taking compensation-related tax deductions with respect to the compensation of a “covered employee” to the extent the compensation exceeds...more
On January 14, 2025, the Internal Revenue Service and the US Treasury Department issued proposed regulations under Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code (Code) to implement changes under the American Rescue Plan Act of...more
Changes effective starting on January 1, 2027 - In the last few days preceding President Donald Trump’s inauguration, the IRS under the Biden administration proposed regulations to implement amendments to Internal Revenue...more
New proposed regulations under Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code would further limit deductibility of executive compensation paid by a publicly held corporation....more
On January 16, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) published proposed regulations ( 90 FR 4691) under Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code. Section 162(m) generally limits the deductibility of compensation paid in any...more
On January 14, 2025, the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) and the Department of Treasury issued proposed regulations under Internal Revenue Code (“Code”) section 162(m), which limits the deductibility of certain employee...more
On January 14, 2025, the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) issued new proposed regulations under section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”), supplementing regulations already in effect. Under section 162(m),...more
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On January 16, 2025, the IRS and the Department of the Treasury published proposed regulations relating to Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code. The proposed regulations provide guidance on, and implement, the...more
As 2024 closed and 2025 began, four additional publicly traded companies proposed reincorporating from Delaware into the "sweet promised land"* of Nevada. These companies include...more
Most founders are familiar with Section 1202 of the Internal Revenue Code, which provides a tax exemption for the sale of Qualified Small Business Stock (QSBS). Less well known is Section 1202's cousin, Section 1045, which...more
The IRS has finally taken a view on the exception to FIRPTA (the Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act) for publicly traded stock of a United States real property holding corporation (a “USRPHC”) that is held by a...more
The federal government's 2022 Fall Economic Statement (Economic Statement), released on November 3, 2022, introduced a new tax on share buybacks by public corporations in Canada. Under the proposal, which would come into...more
Presented below is our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of September 12, 2022 – September 16, 2022...more
While there are a few different forms of “corporate” entities in Israel, this guide will focus on companies and partnerships as these are the entities that the non-Israeli businessman is most likely to set up or invest in if...more
This blog summarizes some of the tax proposals of President-elect Joe Biden and other prominent Democrats. Biden’s Proposals - Increased Individual Tax Rate - Biden would increase the top marginal income tax rate...more
Executives of public companies looking to their personal and company compensation planning in the New Year face a host of challenges. They and their compensation committees do, however, have the benefit of long-awaited...more
New Market Paradigm and Pandemic Impact Requires New Solutions for U.S. Public Companies - After years of tremendous economic growth, COVID-19 has unleashed unprecedented market volatility and extreme value dislocations for...more
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused unprecedented economic disruptions worldwide. Businesses that were previously flourishing are now seeing rapid declines in demand and revenue, disruptions in their supply chains, and other...more